Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals significant differences in gene expression between pathogens of apple Glomerella leaf spot and apple bitter rot

Author(s):  
Bowen Jiang ◽  
Ting Cai ◽  
Xiaoying Yang ◽  
Yuya Dai ◽  
Kaixuan Yu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Apple Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) and apple bitter rot (ABR) are two devastating foliar and fruit diseases on apple. The different symptoms of GLS and ABR could be related to different transcriptome patterns. Thus, the objectives of this study were to compare the transcriptome profiles of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the common pathogen of GLS and ABR, and to evaluate the genes involvement on pathogenicity.Results: A relatively large difference was discovered between the GLS- and ABR-isolate, and quite a number of differential expression genes associated with pathogenicity were revealed. The DEGs between the GLS- and ABR-isolate were significantly enriched in GO terms of secondary metabolites, however the categories of degradation of various cell wall components did not. A number of genes associate with secondary metabolism were revealed. A total of 17 Cytochrome P450s (CYP), 11 of which were up-regulated while six were down-regulated, and five up-regulated methyltransferase genes were discovered. The genes associated with secretion of extracellular enzymes and melanin accumulation were up-regulated. Four genes associated with degradation of host cell wall, three genes involved in degradation of cellulose, and one gene involved in degradation of xylan were revealed and all up-regulated. In addition, genes involved in melanin synthesis, such as tyrosinase and glucosyltransferase, were highly up-regulated.Conclusions: The penetration ability, pathogenicity of GLS-isolate was greater than that ABR-isolate, which might be indicate that GLS-isolate originated from ABR-isolates by mutation. These results contributed to highlight the importance to investigate such DEGs between GLS- and ABR-isolate in depth.

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (7) ◽  
pp. 774-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias F. Rockenbach ◽  
Aline C. Velho ◽  
Amanda E. Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro E. Mondino ◽  
Sandra M. Alaniz ◽  
...  

Colletotrichum fructicola is the main species causing apple bitter rot (ABR) and Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) in southern Brazil, and ABR in Uruguay where GLS remains unnoticed. Thus, this work aimed to determine the genetic structure of C. fructicola isolates of both the countries. A total of 28 out of 31 Brazilian isolates (90.3%) caused typical symptoms of GLS, while only 6 of 25 Uruguayan isolates (24.0%) originating from fruits were able to infect leaves, but causing atypical symptoms. Both populations showed similar levels of Nei’s gene diversity (h = 0.088 and 0.079, for Brazilian and Uruguayan populations, respectively), and Bayesian cluster analysis inferred two genetic clusters correlated with the geographical origin of isolates. A principal coordinates analysis scatter plot and an unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean-based dendrogram also grouped Brazilian and Uruguayan isolates into two groups. By pairwise comparison of nitrate-nonutilizing (nit) mutants with a proposed set of testers, all Uruguayan isolates were grouped into a unique vegetative compatibility group (namely VCG 1), while Brazilian isolates were grouped into four VCGs (VCG 1 to 4). Brazilian and Uruguayan populations of C. fructicola were found to be genetically distinct. Our results suggest that isolates of C. fructicola from Brazil capable of causing GLS and ABR arose independently of those from Uruguay. Possible causes leading to the evolutionary differences between populations are discussed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia González ◽  
Turner B. Sutton

Cultural characteristics were investigated as a way to distinguish isolates of Glomerella cingulata and Colletotrichum spp. associated with Glomerella leaf spot and bitter rot of apples from those that cause only bitter rot. The growth rate, response to temperature, and benomyl sensitivity of 27 isolates of Glomerella cingulata, 12 isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and 7 isolates of C. acutatum, collected from apple orchards located in the U.S. and Brazil and previously characterized based on morphology, vegetative compatibility, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes, were determined. These isolates represent the genetic and molecular diversity within isolates of C. gloeosporioides, C. acutatum, and G. cingulata from apples found in a previous study. Slower growth, lower optimum growth temperature, and less sensitivity to benomyl distinguished isolates of C. acutatum from isolates of G. cingulata and C. gloeosporioides. However, growth rate and benomyl sensitivity were not useful for distinguishing between G. cingulata and C. gloeosporioides or differentiating isolates of G. cingulata that cause leaf spot and bitter rot from those that only cause bitter rot. Accepted for publication 17 May 2005. Published 19 July 2005.


Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 1335-1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia González ◽  
Turner B. Sutton

The population diversity within isolates of Glomerella cingulata and Colletotrichum spp. associated with Glomerella leaf spot and bitter rot of apples was studied in an orchard of cv. Granny Smith located in Wilkes County, NC, and one orchard each of cultivars Granny Smith and Gala located in Lincoln County, NC. Morphological characters and vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) were used to determine diversity within the species. The relative frequencies of the morphological types found within each species in each orchard were also determined. G. cingulata was the predominant species associated with bitter rot in the three orchards and Glomerella leaf spot in the Gala orchard. In the three orchards, different morphological types were observed within isolates of G. cingulata and Colletotrichum acutatum, but not within isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Isolates of C. gloeosporioides were not found in the orchard of cv. Granny Smith in Lincoln County. In the other two orchards, C. gloeosporioides represented the lowest proportion of the population. Three VCGs were found among isolates of G. cingulata (VCG-1, 2, and 6), two among isolates of C. gloeosporioides (VCG-9 and 10), and two among isolates of C. acutatum (VCG-15 and 16). VCGs 2, 6, 9, 10, 15, and 16 were found in the Granny Smith orchard in Wilkes County, VCGs 1, 2, and 6 in the Gala orchard in Lincoln County, and VCGs 2 and 6 in the Granny Smith orchard in Lincoln County. Differences in frequencies among the different morphological types found within the three orchards remained relatively similar throughout the season and from year to year, suggesting that the relative frequencies of G. cingulata, C. gloeosporioides, and C. acutatum remain stable in an orchard once the fungi are established.


2020 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Rafaele Regina Moreira ◽  
Erica Camila Zielinski ◽  
Camilla Castellar ◽  
Armando Bergamin Filho ◽  
Louise Larissa May De Mio

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 982-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia González ◽  
Turner B. Sutton ◽  
James C. Correll

Morphological characteristics and vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) of 486 isolates of Glomerella cingulata, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and C. acutatum collected from apple leaves with Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) symptoms and fruit with bitter rot symptoms in the United States and Brazil were studied. From this collection, 155 isolates of G. cingulata (93 from fruit, 61 from leaves, and 1 from buds), 42 isolates of C. gloeosporioides from fruit, and 14 isolates of C. acutatum (10 from fruit and 4 from leaves) were studied using mitochondrial (mt)DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) haplotypes. A subset of 24 isolates was studied by examining the sequence of a 200-bp intron of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GDPH) nuclear gene. In addition, 98 isolates were tested for pathogenicity on leaves of cvs. Gala and Golden Delicious in the greenhouse, and 24 isolates were tested for pathogenicity on fruit of cv. Gala in growth chambers. In total, 238 and 225 isolates of G. cingulata were separated into four distinct morphological types and six VCGs, respectively. Five morphological types and six VCGs were identified among 74 and 36 isolates of C. gloeosporioides, respectively. Three morphological types and four VCGs were identified among 74 and 23 isolates of C. acutatum, respectively. Seven different mtDNA RFLP haplotypes were observed within isolates of G. cingulata, two within isolates of C. gloeosporioides, and two within isolates of C. acutatum. Phylogenetic trees, inferred based on maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony methods using the intron sequence, produced similar topologies. Each species was separated into distinct groups. All isolates tested were pathogenic on fruit, though only isolates with specific VCGs and haplotypes were pathogenic to leaves. Vegetative compatibility was a better tool than molecular characters for distinguishing isolates of G. cingulata pathogenic on both leaves and fruit from the ones pathogenic only on fruit. Isolates of G. cingulata capable of causing both GLS and bitter rot were included in haplotypes and groups based on the sequence analysis of the 200-bp intron that also included isolates capable of causing bitter rot only. Additionally, isolates of G. cingulata from the United States and Brazil which cause GLS were included in different haplotypes and sequence analysis groups. Therefore, one hypothesis is that isolates of G. cingulata from the United States capable of causing both GLS on foliage and bitter rot on fruit may have arisen independently of Brazilian isolates of G. cingulata capable of causing both GLS and bitter rot, and the two groups of isolates may represent distinct populations.


Bragantia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Akemi Hamada ◽  
Rafaele Regina Moreira ◽  
Josiane Aparecida Gomes Figueiredo ◽  
Louise Larissa May De Mio

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
George S. Mahuku ◽  
María Antonia Henríquez ◽  
Carmenza Montoya ◽  
Carlos Jara ◽  
Henry Teran ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 709
Author(s):  
Helge Berland ◽  
Øyvind M. Andersen

Anthocyanins with various functions in nature are one of the most important sources of colours in plants. They are based on anthocyanidins or 3-deoxyanthocyanidins having in common a C15-skeleton and are unique in terms of how each anthocyanidin is involved in a network of equilibria between different forms exhibiting their own properties including colour. Sphagnorubin C (1) isolated from the cell wall of peat moss (Sphagnum sp.) was in fairly acidic and neutral dimethyl sulfoxide characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) absorption techniques. At equilibrium, the network of 1 behaved as a two–component colour system involving the reddish flavylium cationic and the yellow trans–chalcone forms. The additional D- and E-rings connected to the common C15-skeleton extend the π-conjugation within the molecule and provide both bathochromic shifts in the absorption spectra of the various forms as well as a low isomerization barrier between the cis- and trans-chalcone forms. The hemiketal and cis-chalcone forms were thus not observed experimentally by NMR due to their short lives. The stable, reversible network of 1 with good colour contrast between its two components has previously not been reported for other natural anthocyanins and might thus have potential in future photochromic systems. This is the first full structural characterization of any naturally occurring anthocyanin chalcone form.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 3444-3453 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Trigiano ◽  
C. G. Van Dyke ◽  
H. W. Spurr Jr.

The development of haustoria in tobacco by the blue-mold fungus Peronospora tabacina was examined using light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. Electron-lucent, callose-like appositions were observed between the host plasmalemma and the host mesophyll cell wall prior to haustorial penetration. An electron-opaque penetration matrix was present between the apposition and the host cell wall. The intercellular hyphal wall consisted of two layers which differed in staining quality. The haustorial wall was also two layered, but was primarily composed of and continuous with the inner wall layer of the intercellular hypha. Haustoria were either finger-like or branched and were encased with callose-like material. Most encasements were thickened at the proximal regions of haustoria but were thinner along the distal portions. Vesicles were present in host cytoplasm and were occasionally attached to the invaginated host plasmalemma. These vesicles might contribute to the deposition of the encasement material. The encasement stained positively for callose using aniline blue; calcofluor and toluidine blue O tests for cellulose were inconclusive, and lignin was not detected using toluidine blue O or phloroglucinol–HCl.


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